Feather duster.



No. 843,113. PATENTBD PEB. 5, 1907. J. B. SNEVELY.

FEATHER DUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED Amm. 1906.

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FEATHER DUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5,1907.

Application filed April 9,1906. Serial No. 310.684.

To a/Z/Z whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. SNEVELY, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San .Francisco and State of California, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Feather Dusters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to dusters and brushes, and is intended especially to improve feather dusters, but is applicable to other brushes, like paint-brushes, to some extent.

The object of the invention is to make a duster or brush of the character above referred to with light metallic tube as a base of construction and with the feathers, bristles, or fibers of which the body of the brush is composed secured to the tube substantially in the manner to be hereinafter explained.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a duster-head, the feathers being broken and part of a removable wooden handle indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a section of the supporting-sleeve detached. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 a face view, of the windingstrip. e

In constructing this brush or duster, I use a metallic tube 1 as a base of construction. This tube is preferably cylindrical for most of its length, but has a threaded portion 2, into which the handle may be secured. The brush or feather duster is constructed around the central core or tube 1 by rotating the tube 1 and feeding in between the said tube and a metallic binding-strip 3 the stock 10, which is to form the brush or duster, so that the stock is in a coiled layer between the turns of the binder-strip. The binding-strip 3 has a turned-over edge 4 and, as shown, tapers from end to end. The objects of the turnedover edge of the binding-strip are to hold the stock more firmly and to cause the stock to flare outwardly. The object of the taper or the bevel of the binding-strip is that the turned-over edge 4 may form a tapering helix and yet not prevent the body 3 of the binding-strip from ceiling in a spiral with the ribbon-body 0f the coil substantially parallel with the axis of tube or core 1. The inner end of strip 3 is secured to tube 1 (or core) by i rivet 5 or other common means for holding i two pieces of metal to each other.

Besides the coiled binding-strip 3 the feathers or other fibers 10 are preferably held to tube 1 by wires 6 land 7. One of these wires is within and the other without each layer of feathers 10, so that the quills ofthe feathers are bent or criniped by thewires and by the edge of the binding-strip, as indicated in Fig. 1 The turned-over edge 4 of the binding-strip 3 bears with a cria ping or bending pressure on the quills of the feathers, and as this edge gradually recedes from the tip of the brush the stock has a tendency to flare out beyond the end of strip 3. The fact that the binder-strip does not extend as far over the feathers on the outer coils as on the inner will itself cause or perni it the flaring of the feathers or bristles, which is very desirable in some kinds of brushes and in' feather clusters. The inner ends of the wires 6 and 7 are secured to tube 1 and are firmly held as the ceiling proceeds. The outer ends of wires 6 and 7 nay be tied or otherwise fastened, as is common in broonrniaking.

After the brush-stock is bound to tube 1, the metallic cup or cover 8 is applied to brush. This cup 8 has a thimble 9, which slips over the tube 1, and the cup part of the cover 8 surrounds the wound portion of the brush. The thimble 9 is secured to the tube 1, as by rivets 13 or in other suitable manner.

A conical sleeve or cuff 15 is applied to the completedbrush-head. This sleeve 15 neatly covers the metallic cup S and tapers down to the size of tube 1 at its threaded portion. The end of tube 1 may be crimped over the small end of the sleeve, as shown at 16, and the outer end of cup 8 may be crimped over the cuff, as at 17, whereby the cuff becomes a brace and support for the tube 1 and cup S and holds all the parts together with great firmness, making also a neat finish for the brush. The flat or disk part 18 of the cup 8 forms a firm support for the ends of the feathers or other brush-stock.

hat I claim is- 1. In a brush of the character described, the central tube, a coiled binder-strip attached thereto and having its edge receding as a ta ered helix, and brush-stock between the coi s of the binder-strip.

2. In a brash of the character described, a central tube, a tapering binder-strip coiled thereon, and brush-stock secured between the coils of the binder-strip.

3. In a brush of the character described, a central core, a coiled binder-strip, and coiled binding-wires alternately inside and out-side of layers of brush-stock, and brush-stock arranged as described, whereby the stock is crimped by the Wires.

4. In a brush of the character described, a central core, a binder-strip secured thereto and having a thickened edge, and brushstock secured between coils of the binderstrip, thethickened edge of the binder-strip fornllng` a tapered helix, as set forth.

l of the brush-stock arranged in coiled layers 5. The combination With the tubular core,

about the sane, a cup Surrounding the coiled stock, and a conical sleeve or culi crimped to the cup and to the tubular core.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature 15 in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAMES E, SNEVELY.

Witnesses:

R. A. BRUCE, C. J. TUCKER. 

